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Obama Humor at White House Correspondents' Dinner

Obama Humor at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Juan Cole 04/29/2012

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This is C-Span’s video of President Barack Obama’s mostly tongue-in-cheek address at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

“[Hillary] won’t stop drunk-texting me from Cartagena.”

“It’s nice to be here in the Hilton Ballroom, or what Mitt Romney would call a ‘little fixer-uppper.’ ”

“Jimmy [Kimmel] got his start on the Man Show. In Washington that is what we call a ‘Congressional hearing on contraception.’ ”

“What is the difference between a Hockey Mom and a pitbull? A pitbull is delicious.”

“America’s dogs can’t afford 4 more years of Barack Obama; for them, that’s 28 years!”

“In my first term I ended the war in Iraq; in my second term I will win the war on Christmas.”

“I had a lot more material prepared, but I have to get the Secret Service home in time for their new curfew.”

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